| "I Can't Quit You Baby" | |
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| Single by Otis Rush | |
| B-side | "Sit Down Baby" |
| Released | 1956 |
| Recorded | c. July 1956 |
| Studio | Boulevard Recording, Chicago |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 2:56 |
| Label | Cobra |
| Songwriter(s) | Willie Dixon |
| Producer(s) | Willie Dixon |
"I Can't Quit You Baby" is blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Chicago blues artist Otis Rush in 1956.[1] It is a slow twelve-bar blues ensemble piece, with lyrics about the consequences of an adulterous relationship which is difficult to end.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" was Rush's first recording and Cobra Records's debut single. It became a record chart hit as well as a blues standard. Rush updated the song in 1966 with a modified arrangement, which was adapted by Led Zeppelin for their 1969 debut album.
- ^ Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "I Can't Quit You Baby". Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. p. 453. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.